What's the Hottest Division in Boxing Today?

140-160 is great right now Floyd Mayweather, Paul Williams, Manny, PacMan ,Shane Mosely,Kermit Citron, Amir Khan, Tim Bradely,Zab Judah, Paulie alignaggi ,Ricky Hatton, Sergio Martinez ,Kelly Pavlik.

Huh? How come this thread showed up in the lounge but the last poster who bumped it was in 2004???

The feathers will be back in action on the 27th :D

i voted for middle because there is just so many possibilitys

Better to deliberate on the best divisions right now rather than the weakest :)

The depth in 140 is solid. There are 2-3 guys at the top who are P4P, and then 6-8 or so who are very solid fighters.

I agree that 140 is the best, but there are a lot of different fights available betwwen the guys now fighting all the way from 126 - 147. 135 is pretty good with some of those guys considering fights in both directions.

I like the fact that junior welter wasn't included on your list. Virtually everyone agrees that it's the best one out there, and ceartinly the deepest. We've been hearing that for about two years now. Although there's not doubting the validity of that statement, personally, I'm sick of hearing it. And you know what? 140 isn't gonna be the best for much longer. A year or two, tops. Remember how great feather was a few years ago? Remember how much everyone talked about it? And then prety much instantaneously everyone started talking about junior welter. Naz retired (more or less) Tapia stopped fighting so hot, Barerra was taking care of the senior citizens, and that's all that was going on. Granted, it was still an above average weight class, but when 140 became the best, it took everyone by surprise. The same things gonna happen at junior welter. Tzyu's gonna retire or move up, and so will Mitchell. Gatti will retire soon, and Floyd will be looking to move up again. Zab's already gone, and so is Hurtado. Hatton may or may not pan out. The same is true of Cotto (who I'm picking as the future 140 lb champ). Then you'll be left with Vivian Harris, maybe some of the young guns, and perhapes some guys moving up from lightweight. Still a decent division, but not the one it is today. Point being, start looking around. Maybe it'll be welter, or middle. It could even be one of the step children, super middle or (dare i say it?) even cruiser. But it won't be junior welter. Feather and Superfeather I believe though will become much hotter in the coming months, with bouts involving Morales, Barrera, Marquez, and Pacquiao upcoming....

The HW division is really heating up with Vitali and Golota with the possibility of being the unified HW champ. and also the Light Welterweight

Imagine being a great fighter, but the only weight you can make is cruiser...!

Oh NO :eek:! He went there - Cruiser! ;)

I like the fact that junior welter wasn't included on your list. Virtually everyone agrees that it's the best one out there, and ceartinly the deepest. We've been hearing that for about two years now. Although there's not doubting the validity of that statement, personally, I'm sick of hearing it. And you know what? 140 isn't gonna be the best for much longer. A year or two, tops. Remember how great feather was a few years ago? Remember how much everyone talked about it? And then prety much instantaneously everyone started talking about junior welter. Naz retired (more or less) Tapia stopped fighting so hot, Barerra was taking care of the senior citizens, and that's all that was going on. Granted, it was still an above average weight class, but when 140 became the best, it took everyone by surprise. The same things gonna happen at junior welter. Tzyu's gonna retire or move up, and so will Mitchell. Gatti will retire soon, and Floyd will be looking to move up again. Zab's already gone, and so is Hurtado. Hatton may or may not pan out. The same is true of Cotto (who I'm picking as the future 140 lb champ). Then you'll be left with Vivian Harris, maybe some of the young guns, and perhapes some guys moving up from lightweight. Still a decent division, but not the one it is today. Point being, start looking around. Maybe it'll be welter, or middle. It could even be one of the step children, super middle or (dare i say it?) even cruiser. But it won't be junior welter. I agree and think that Super Middle will get very interesting in the not too near future. It will I think 140 will lose a few guys but will gain the likes of Corrales and Castillo. Corrales will support 140 nicely.

140 lbs is the best.

I like the fact that junior welter wasn't included on your list. Virtually everyone agrees that it's the best one out there, and ceartinly the deepest. We've been hearing that for about two years now. Although there's not doubting the validity of that statement, personally, I'm sick of hearing it. And you know what? 140 isn't gonna be the best for much longer. A year or two, tops. Remember how great feather was a few years ago? Remember how much everyone talked about it? And then prety much instantaneously everyone started talking about junior welter. Naz retired (more or less) Tapia stopped fighting so hot, Barerra was taking care of the senior citizens, and that's all that was going on. Granted, it was still an above average weight class, but when 140 became the best, it took everyone by surprise. The same things gonna happen at junior welter. Tzyu's gonna retire or move up, and so will Mitchell. Gatti will retire soon, and Floyd will be looking to move up again. Zab's already gone, and so is Hurtado. Hatton may or may not pan out. The same is true of Cotto (who I'm picking as the future 140 lb champ). Then you'll be left with Vivian Harris, maybe some of the young guns, and perhapes some guys moving up from lightweight. Still a decent division, but not the one it is today. Point being, start looking around. Maybe it'll be welter, or middle. It could even be one of the step children, super middle or (dare i say it?) even cruiser. But it won't be junior welter.

The jr. welterweight division just got heated up by Tszyu .... But the heavy bouts are just around the corner to heat up the division !

:eek: Is this fight happening? I haven't heard anything but if it does this will be a very brutal little fight. Many people would think Manny will breeze through Scott but i guarentee Scott will be a tougher foe than most people would think. Last I heard is that Scott is interested in a Pacman fight right after his upcoming tune-up . But I think he wants to fight in his home turf, and that Manny's camp is not to keen on it. But a Harrison-Pacquiao duel I agree will be a wrestling match...

Do I here Scott Harrison - Manny Pacquiao ? :eek: Is this fight happening? I haven't heard anything but if it does this will be a very brutal little fight. Many people would think Manny will breeze through Scott but i guarentee Scott will be a tougher foe than most people would think.

Do I here Scott Harrison - Manny Pacquiao ? Exciting match-up, it's gonna be one hell of a short entertaining scrap! It won't last the distance. Neither fighter knows how to back-up. Now, let's see the featherweight division : * Manny Pacquiao * Juan Manuel Marquez * Marco Antonio Barrera (IMO he's goin back down after EM) * In Jin Chi * Scott Harrison 3rd hottest if not equal in terms of excitement to the featherweights is at 130, Lightweight division : * Diego Corrales * Jose Luis Castillo * Juan Diaz * Julio Diaz * Joel Casamayor

I'll go for Welterweight at the moment as it has so many big names in and so much potential for some amazing fights. The Featherweight is impressive too but Welterweight is my first choice. Do I here Scott Harrison - Manny Pacquiao ?

Featherweight and Junior welterweight divisions are the best right now. So many good fighters.